Tag: On The Go Tours
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Saturday 20 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Curio shopping, Ethiopian cuisine With my upgraded room come an upgraded buffet breakfast at the hostel meaning I was eating in a different spot then the rest of the group. I decided to show off one of my tour t-shirts that I got yesterday which got noticed by people…
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Friday 19 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Cape Town Landscape, Township Tour, Farewell dinner The last drive day in the truck and the last full day of the Great African Expedition tour (57 days) that started on 25 November some 56 days ago. It was with mixed feelings I backed my bag and walked down at 6.10…
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Thursday 18 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Wine Tasting, Billiards Today we moved onto Cederberg Mountain which for most of the group would be the last night camping, for me I was booked in hotels or upgraded tenting for this leg so it is not a big deal for me but for others it was time…
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Wednesday 17 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Getting into South Africa Today we moved into South Africa the final country of this trip and tour. The landscape started having subtle changes, there were still desert areas but occasionally green patches started and definitely near dams wineries. The dry heat was starting to fade into just heat…
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Tuesday 16 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Fish River Canyon Today we faced a 600 km drive across Namibia. Despite this and the at times very bumpy drive the time appeared to fly as we got to watch the amazing harsh landscape in front of us and the occasional animal that somehow survives in this environment.
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Monday 15 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Climbing Dune 45, Hiking to Deadvlei (the Dead Valley), Namib-Naukluft Park Canyon An early morning pickup from my hotel just before 6 am so we could get into the National Park the moment they opened the gates which was critical to avoid the worst of the sun and heat…
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Sunday 14 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Flamingos, Luna Rock formations, Tropic of Capricorn Today was a long travel day but that doesn’t mean we didn’t get to see and experience more of this unique country. About 5 minutes out from Swakopmund the temperature rose quickly and never really dropped under 30 for the rest of…
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Saturday 13 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Dolphin Cruise, Fork n Nice (Fish & Chips vendor) Today I had selected a dolphin cruise option for my stay in Swakopmund and three tour members joined me; Gaelle, Rita and Isabelle. As we were being picked up at 8 am our crew organised for lunch at 7.30 am.…
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Friday 12 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Spitzkoppe landscape and rock paintings Despite having a comfortable room I got little sleep last night due to the group bonding session next door and the 5.35 am alarm today. This meant the unusually for me I did doze off a few times when crossing the amazing Namibia landscape.…
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Thursday 11 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Desert landscape, group bonding Today we left Etosha behind us and headed deeper into Namibia and Southern Africa. The landscape keeps getting more and more arid and you can see the starts of desert all around us.
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